Fang Hui gave a thumbs up after listening: "Bring one."
Xiao Chu confird again: "Do you really want it?"
"What's the big deal?"
"Just to set the record straight, right?"
The man with the square face laughed heartily: "What's so difficult about that? I was born straightforward, which has offended quite a few people. My mouth is stiff, and I can't say flattering words. It's a habit I probably can't change."
Xiao Chu explained: "Actually, there is a way. As long as you don't wear or wear less Divine Clothing, this situation can be alleviated. But once you put it on, it's hard to resist the various changes it brings."
"But if you don't wear it for a long ti, its power will gradually weaken, even beco completely ineffective."
"Wear it! I want to see what kind of clothes the gods give."
"If that's the case."
Xiao Chu sat upright: "Divine Clothing is woven with the wearer's experiences as the thread."
He took out a stack of papers and a charcoal pencil: "Please tell everything from your childhood, especially what is most important to you. The more detailed, the stronger the new clothes' effect."
Fang Hui frowned and thought for a mont: "What I rember most clearly from my childhood is my dad. He worked as a temporary worker at the glass kiln in Glass Castle, very far from ho. It's 40 kiloters from there to our Nikan Town, and a one-way donkey cart ride costs about 50 mushrooms."
"To save money, he always walked back, carrying the grain, cloth, salt, and sugar he bought from there, walking for most of the day. He only ca ho once every four to five days."
"I rember he wore a pair of very worn-out cloth shoes. He walked so much that his feet were covered in blisters and calluses."
"A round trip saved 100 mushrooms, enough to feed one person at ho for two days."
Speaking of this, the square-faced man smiled: "At that ti, I just wanted to make him a pair of shoes that wouldn't wear out no matter how much he walked. They wouldn't hurt his feet and would be very comfortable. I wanted to beco a shoemaker from then on."
"But later, he kept coughing up blood and died when I was 10."
"After that, my mom ran off with a rchant, leaving just . So, I beca a shoemaker."
Xiao Chu recorded it all.
"Do you need more?"
"Yes, more. But please be truthful. Only genuine experiences can weave new clothes."
Their conversation continued into the night.
The stack of recorded papers grew thicker and thicker.
Initially, Fang Hui's expression was relaxed, but he beca a little evasive later on.
Xiao Chu was very familiar with this situation.
Talking about one's past includes both happy and unpleasant mories, and the bad ones often outweigh the good. This is the challenge of weaving new clothes: to get the wearer to open up their heart.
"Brother Fang, thank you for your effort. I'll take it from here."
...
Fang Hui's body asurents had long been recorded.
The design was decided.
The pattern pieces were also cut out.
Xiao Chu started laying out the fabric and cutting it according to the pattern pieces.
Throughout the process, he was serene in his mind.
At this mont, the power of the gods enveloped the space.
His every move was aided by divine power.
The first ti he was noticed by the gods was when he married Chen Yin. The double happiness made him both excited and grateful, marveling at his own good fortune.
The gods appeared like a headless bird with enormous wings.
The image erged in Xiao Chu's mind.
——Are you willing to accept my power and make new clothes for ?
Xiao Chu was overjoyed. He thought it was his tailoring skill that was recognized by the heavens, to the point where even the gods wanted him to make clothes for them.
He quickly learned he was mistaken.
The gods wanted him to make new clothes for the people of the world.
Xiao Chu was very puzzled. Why make clothes for all living beings?
Later, he mustered the courage to ask.
The gods replied.
——For docuntation.
"Lord of the gods, to docunt the wearers through the clothes?"
——Correct. I am writing the Book of All Living Beings. Each piece of clothing is a history of its wearer. Life will perish, but the record can persist forever. So I must ensure these records are authentic enough.
The gods were writing a book.
Each wearer was a character in the book, with their own page.
Once the new clothes were finished, Xiao Chu brought them to Fang Hui to try on.
Fang Hui was very satisfied. He wore the light brown thin coat and dragged Xiao Chu onto the street.
As soon as he appeared, he beca the focus of the crowd.
Xiao Chu was used to it, but Fang Hui was quite new to the experience.
Several people ca over to greet Fang Hui warmly. One daring lady even introduced herself, telling him she wanted to take a walk at Yalong Bay later.
Fang Hui left with the lady imdiately.
He ca back by evening.
Fang Hui said, a bit sullen: "Sotis being too straightforward with words isn't good either."
Xiao Chu asked: "What did you say?"
"She asked if she was pretty, so I told the truth, that she looked average but had a good figure. Then she got upset."
"Then what?"
"Then she left."
"That's it?"
"There's more."
Fang Hui waved his hands: "Then I chased after her, trying to smooth things over. Later, she thought I was a bit lewd."
"Why?"
"I don't know. Anyway, she scolded , and then we slept together in the Mushroom House nearby."
"What?"
Xiao Chu was shocked: "That fast?"
Fang Hui sighed: "Afterward, I found out I had unintentionally lied to make her happy. Matte—that's her na—heard my inner thoughts, that I found her figure attractive and wanted to sleep with her."
"So she slept with and said if she survived next ti, she'd marry ."
"Then why are you upset?"
"Not about the sleeping part. It's because she's a raider leader. She said she wanted to pull off one last big score, then wash her hands and settle down with ."
Xiao Chu was stunned: "That girl seed a bit wild…but a raider?"
"But she is."
Fang Hui looked bitter, pulling an ice cream bar from the refrigeration box and gnawed on it: "Now, many of the Pillage Groups are transitioning, as warfare has changed in recent years."
"The chanical City's army, be it land, sea, or air, is being mass-produced. There's drones in the sky, robot dogs on land, and warships in the Dead Sea that can destroy a city from dozens of kiloters away."
"Then the chanical City clashed with our company. Our higher-ups first annihilated an entire invading force. Then we retaliated, flattening Spring City with bombs… Matte said that now, every Pillage Group on the East Continent realizes the era has changed."
"Warfare has escalated to Light Core Level and group battles. There are many airships and combat gliders in the sky, and more and more chanical City ships on the sea, aiming to wipe out the Pillage Groups. Their living space is getting smaller."
"She's not a good person, but I just like her. She's candid like , no tricks…sigh, she's a good woman but not a good person."
Fang Hui chewed the ice cream bar irritably: "What should I do?"
Xiao Chu didn't know what to say.
He was just a tailor.
And he had never slept with a female raider.
Xiao Chu thought and said: "Follow your true inner voice."
"I don't know what's right, but making your own choice usually ans fewer regrets."
Fang Hui slamd the table and ran out.
Two hours later.
He ca back, sweating heavily: "I turned her in. The company has her under control now."
Xiao Chu gave a thumbs-up: "Selfless."
"No."
Fang Hui waved his hand: "With the company holding her, she won't go back to the ship. Not going back ans no life risk. I learned that prisoners in the company can still move around. Based on past warti prisoner treatnt, they can even earn rits while serving ti."
——
Xiao Chu racked his brain: "It's a solution."
"The company is efficient. The Recursive City's data center has verified that Matte is the leader of the E-level Pillage Group 'Oil Thieves.' They mainly rob oil and sugar, which are hard currencies now, used as food and Floating Heart energy."
Fang Hui took a sip of water: "But they don't rob at sea. They dig tunnels under warehouses on land, stealing oil and sugar bit by bit. They bribed local surveyors and warehouse managers, taking a little each ti."
Xiao Chu was amazed: "What will the company do with her?"
"Since the cris weren't committed within the Developnt Alliance, the company decided not to punish her or make it public but to monitor her long-term."
Fang Hui laughed: "When Minister Yuan Tong found out, he recruited Matte to form a specialized anti-theft team. Matte's unhappy with , calling a traitor, but I explained my thoughts to her. It's better than her dying outside."
"That's indeed good news."
Xiao Chu breathed a sigh of relief.
The Divine Clothing had helped Fang Hui et soone he liked.
The Guangna Species eagerly sought Divine Clothing for this reason.
Due to their low birth rate and high vigilance, it was hard for Guangna to form stable partnerships, much less families.
Moreover, the Guangna, especially the intelligent ones, craved to rely on a stable and strong sea lord but lacked the ans.
Divine Clothing addressed both issues.
Wearing it made the Guangna trustworthy. People around could hear their true feelings. For sea lords or city rulers, this was crucial.
...
With sumr drought worsening, people kept moving from Cotton and Hemp Land, so of whom knew the couple.
One day, Cao Dayuan, a senior company executive, ca over.
"Tailor Xiao, the chairman wants to see you."
Xiao Chu entered Jade City 3101 with so anxiety, knowing the matter of Divine Clothing couldn't be kept secret.
He suddenly heard the voice of the gods.
——If Zhou Yi asks about , just tell the truth.
——Don't worry, he's not an enemy.
Xiao Chu was surprised.
Could it be the chairman knew the gods?
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